Associated Press

JACKSON, Tenn. (AP) — Two people have been charged with kidnapping and killing a Tennessee woman in a case police initially though was a hit-and-run.

The Tennessee Bureau of investigation says 28-year-old Juan Carlos Ramirez and 40-year-old Luis Galvan Mendoza held 25-year-old Brittany Lynn Simpson of Linden against her will on July 10 before they either pushed her or she fell from Ramirez's Ford F-150 truck on Highway 412 near Jackson.

Authorities found Simpson in the left lane with severe injuries. A medical helicopter airlifted her from the scene, but she did not survive.

Both men were taken to the Henderson County Jail on Thursday night and held without bond.